Chuck Wepner Net Worth: Career and Scandals

Chuck Wepner, a former American heavyweight boxer, has a net worth of $400 thousand. He is best known for going through 15 rounds with world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 world heavyweight title fight. Born in New York City in 1939, Wepner won 35 out of 51 total bouts in his career. He appeared in the book “Operation Bullpen” that tells the story of the $100 million fake autograph scam. The last chapters of the book reveal the John Olson-Chuck Wepner counterfeit scheme. Olson forged Muhammad Ali autographs on a variety of Ali merchandise, and then he sold the forgeries together with Olson. However, they both ended up being arrested by the FBI in 2002. Each of them got probation for their crimes.

Chuck Wepner now works together with his wife Linda for Majestic Wines and Spirits, as an expert in consumer liquors, wines and spirits. Most recently, he hit the headlines with a film about his boxing career that was released in 2012, as well as a 2011 documentary titled “The Real Rocky”.

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